The motor mounts have the first set of holes drilled. The flywheel is back from the machine shop, the pulley is attached. I lined everything up and scored the other side of the motor mounts so those holes can be drilled. The Heim joints and turn-buckles used to position the Harley engine were recycled to keep the belt drive aligned. The mounts for those have been built and only a few bolts need to be purchased to keep the engine in permanent alignment. The pictures were taken before the Heim joints were installed. The screwdriver in the picture serves as a wedge to keep things lined up for measurements.

The top of the intake manifold has been cut down and capped. The plug was removed from the end of the manifold. A one inch copper street elbow still needs to be epoxied to the manifold. Once the engine is bolted down, that plumbing can be completed.


The bandsaw took about 3 hours to get through the aluminum. I stopped it several times when the motor got too hot to touch. I started sawing around noon on Saturday and finally separated the two halves around 5:30. It did make a very nice smooth cut. I can see that it will get more use as this project continues. Toward the end I found that keeping the bandsaw blade wet with water allowed it to cut a lot faster. Of course, fast is a relative term, the last half of the cut still took an hour of actual cutting time.